Eric Henderson
@ephender.bsky.social
Twin Cities. I am a man who is married to a man. 🏳️🌈
Letterboxd snark: https://letterboxd.com/ephender/
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I get that TOWERING INFERNO is practically a forgotbuster circa 2025, but I never realized it was in “one-third as well-remembered as DUNSTON CHECKS IN” territory.
Then again, I did remember DUNSTON CHECKS IN.
Then again, I did remember DUNSTON CHECKS IN.
December 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I get that TOWERING INFERNO is practically a forgotbuster circa 2025, but I never realized it was in “one-third as well-remembered as DUNSTON CHECKS IN” territory.
Then again, I did remember DUNSTON CHECKS IN.
Then again, I did remember DUNSTON CHECKS IN.
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instead of being presented, the Oscars will be unboxed
December 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
instead of being presented, the Oscars will be unboxed
There's something sadly funny that this is going to kick in specifically for the 101st ceremony. Like, you get 100 years of being the big cheese and then it's off to get swiped-past in favor of AI slop reels.
BREAKING: The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, departing the film awards' longtime home of ABC.
The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a major change for the Oscars. Starting in 2029, the awards ceremony will stream on YouTube.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There's something sadly funny that this is going to kick in specifically for the 101st ceremony. Like, you get 100 years of being the big cheese and then it's off to get swiped-past in favor of AI slop reels.
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Queer cinema pioneer Rosa von Praunheim, best known for IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE, BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE LIVES (1971), has died. He was 83.
@spiegel.de — www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/...
@spiegel.de — www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/...
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Queer cinema pioneer Rosa von Praunheim, best known for IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE, BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE LIVES (1971), has died. He was 83.
@spiegel.de — www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/...
@spiegel.de — www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/...
Hard agree. For instance, it would've been fun to not have any real inkling that SIRAT was, in fact, a strong sleeper candidate for a surprise best picture nod. Now I'm going to be irritated when it misses out to WICKED, not my usual default, eye-rolling "Oscars gonna Oscar."
really wish "Oscar shortlists" hadn't become a regular thing
December 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hard agree. For instance, it would've been fun to not have any real inkling that SIRAT was, in fact, a strong sleeper candidate for a surprise best picture nod. Now I'm going to be irritated when it misses out to WICKED, not my usual default, eye-rolling "Oscars gonna Oscar."
Catch me most days holding Underworld’s “Tin There” as the purest distillation of techno’s pleasures and maybe the best choon of the whole damned decade that isn’t “Music Sounds Better With You.”
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Catch me most days holding Underworld’s “Tin There” as the purest distillation of techno’s pleasures and maybe the best choon of the whole damned decade that isn’t “Music Sounds Better With You.”
Mostly, I just miss YMDB and comparing top 20 lists against other obsessive movie nuts.
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Mostly, I just miss YMDB and comparing top 20 lists against other obsessive movie nuts.
This clip comes from the 2nd part of "Edith's Crisis of Faith," one of the most truly upsetting episodes of network TV ever produced in the U.S. and a landmark of empathy for LGBTQ+ persons. That this also happens to be a Christmas episode in the wake of this week's news is almost too much to bear.
Horrible news to hear about Rob Reiner. Some movies I love, but I want to call attention to what a important team player he was on All of the Family. A favorite moment in one of my favorite episodes is when he gently talks Edith back into the possibility of belief. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGM7...
"We Need You, Edith!" (ft. Jean Stapleton) | All In The Family
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December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This clip comes from the 2nd part of "Edith's Crisis of Faith," one of the most truly upsetting episodes of network TV ever produced in the U.S. and a landmark of empathy for LGBTQ+ persons. That this also happens to be a Christmas episode in the wake of this week's news is almost too much to bear.
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A Few Good Men. Best in Show. A Mighty Wind. Miss Congeniality. Barcelona. All three movies in Linklater's "Before" trilogy. Music & Lyrics. Michael Clayton. All films that were able to be made because of the production company Reiner co-founded in order to give talented filmmakers creative freedom.
without Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock production company we wouldn’t have:
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A Few Good Men. Best in Show. A Mighty Wind. Miss Congeniality. Barcelona. All three movies in Linklater's "Before" trilogy. Music & Lyrics. Michael Clayton. All films that were able to be made because of the production company Reiner co-founded in order to give talented filmmakers creative freedom.
From the top of my head…
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
HELLZAPOPPIN’
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
DEATH BECOMES HER
THE LADIES MAN
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
FEMALE TROUBLE
the entire FINAL DESTINATION series
LOVE ME TONIGHT
DISORDER IN THE COURT
TO BEEP OR NOT TO BEEP
CRIME WAVE (Paizs)
BEETLEJUICE
THE GANG’S ALL HERE
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
HELLZAPOPPIN’
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
DEATH BECOMES HER
THE LADIES MAN
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
FEMALE TROUBLE
the entire FINAL DESTINATION series
LOVE ME TONIGHT
DISORDER IN THE COURT
TO BEEP OR NOT TO BEEP
CRIME WAVE (Paizs)
BEETLEJUICE
THE GANG’S ALL HERE
was recently asked my favorite comedies, which is a good question, and I'm not sure the answer. I think Big Lebowski is probably number 1, but after that, idk? Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Best in Show were the other two that came to mind. So let's hear your faves
December 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
From the top of my head…
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
HELLZAPOPPIN’
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
DEATH BECOMES HER
THE LADIES MAN
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
FEMALE TROUBLE
the entire FINAL DESTINATION series
LOVE ME TONIGHT
DISORDER IN THE COURT
TO BEEP OR NOT TO BEEP
CRIME WAVE (Paizs)
BEETLEJUICE
THE GANG’S ALL HERE
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
HELLZAPOPPIN’
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
DEATH BECOMES HER
THE LADIES MAN
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
FEMALE TROUBLE
the entire FINAL DESTINATION series
LOVE ME TONIGHT
DISORDER IN THE COURT
TO BEEP OR NOT TO BEEP
CRIME WAVE (Paizs)
BEETLEJUICE
THE GANG’S ALL HERE
A throwback to a time when "expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks" was considered a critical character flaw.
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A throwback to a time when "expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks" was considered a critical character flaw.
See this is why I program "Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage" every December.
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
See this is why I program "Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage" every December.
Oh wait, THIS is gonna be my #1 in 2026. Sorry, John Wilson Hallmark concrete documentary thing.
I'm trying to stay blind as possible for Spielberg's DISCLOSURE (rumored title) but this is much edgier and dark than I expected for his UFO project rumored to feel like his early career:
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh wait, THIS is gonna be my #1 in 2026. Sorry, John Wilson Hallmark concrete documentary thing.
Oh man, RA's back with some long-range rankings, baby!
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Oh man, RA's back with some long-range rankings, baby!
Since I'm still in mega-catchup mode for 2025, it's nice that my 2026 #1 is, shall we say, already set in stone?
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Since I'm still in mega-catchup mode for 2025, it's nice that my 2026 #1 is, shall we say, already set in stone?
One slightly deflating downstream effect of how strong this year's international candidates for best picture are against the domestic product (outside of ONE BATTLE and SINNERS) is that it's pretty much turned this category into a fait accompli. Not complaining, it's just a little rote now.
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One slightly deflating downstream effect of how strong this year's international candidates for best picture are against the domestic product (outside of ONE BATTLE and SINNERS) is that it's pretty much turned this category into a fait accompli. Not complaining, it's just a little rote now.
As always, @brofromanother.bsky.social is on point. Lists that have a lot of horror on them but NOT Cronenberg's THE SHROUDS are to be viewed with some level of skepticism.
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As always, @brofromanother.bsky.social is on point. Lists that have a lot of horror on them but NOT Cronenberg's THE SHROUDS are to be viewed with some level of skepticism.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol is fine but it’s got nothing on Muppet Family Christmas
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Muppet Christmas Carol is fine but it’s got nothing on Muppet Family Christmas
By my count, the Golden Globes best picture lineups feature at least five (5) primarily foreign language films and zero (0) WICKEDs or AVATARs.
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
By my count, the Golden Globes best picture lineups feature at least five (5) primarily foreign language films and zero (0) WICKEDs or AVATARs.
Nice work.
Best Music Score, Winner: Kangding Ray, SIRĀT
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Nice work.
I’m a little torn between “anyone who didn’t expect QT to say dumb, mean things hasn’t not paying attention” and “wait, were a lot of people still morally aligned with QT’s whole worldview? that’s actually a little bit of a real problem tbh lol”
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I’m a little torn between “anyone who didn’t expect QT to say dumb, mean things hasn’t not paying attention” and “wait, were a lot of people still morally aligned with QT’s whole worldview? that’s actually a little bit of a real problem tbh lol”
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this is the one, sorry, close the meme
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
this is the one, sorry, close the meme
Starting to see where this is all going and going to just say once more to anyone on any nominating committees: Do. Not. Forget. Delroy. Lindo. Again.
The 2025 SFCS nominees for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
📽️ Benicio del Toro - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
📽️ Jacob Elordi - FRANKENSTEIN
📽️ David Jonsson - THE LONG WALK
📽️ William H. Macy - TRAIN DREAMS
📽️ Sean Penn - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
📽️ Benicio del Toro - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
📽️ Jacob Elordi - FRANKENSTEIN
📽️ David Jonsson - THE LONG WALK
📽️ William H. Macy - TRAIN DREAMS
📽️ Sean Penn - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Starting to see where this is all going and going to just say once more to anyone on any nominating committees: Do. Not. Forget. Delroy. Lindo. Again.
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This is such a mess. The HBO Max "remastered" version of The Simpsons reveals that Duff, Duff Lite, and Duff Dry all come from the same pipe. 🙄
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is such a mess. The HBO Max "remastered" version of The Simpsons reveals that Duff, Duff Lite, and Duff Dry all come from the same pipe. 🙄
As a critic friend of mine once said, "There is an art to making lists." This list ain't art.
I'm not going to pretend these are bad films (I don't even mind the Woody film) but this doesn't exactly scream "voracious cinephile with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of genre and world cinema" so much as "dad who watches a lot of TNT."
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
As a critic friend of mine once said, "There is an art to making lists." This list ain't art.